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Showing 1 - 10 of 26 results for area "Thames and Chiltern"

Drink driver who crashed into gates of Prime Minister’s country estate jailed

A man who drove into the gates of the Prime Minister’s residence, Chequers, causing over £38,000 worth of damage, has been jailed.

| Press Release , Driving offences , Thames and Chiltern News

Former Bedfordshire police officer jailed for sexually exploiting two teenage girls

A former police officer who preyed on two teenage girls by ‘befriending’ them online and then sexually exploiting them has been jailed following a successful CPS prosecution.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , Thames and Chiltern News

Prosecutors authorise sex offence charges against former police officer David Carrick

Lisa Ramsarran, Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in Thames and Chiltern, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Hertfordshire Constabulary to charge David Carrick with sexual offences against two women.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS, Thames and Chiltern News

Former Berkshire GP jailed for indecently assaulting female patients

A former GP who abused his position by indecently assaulting seven female patients during routine medical examinations between 1988 and 1997 has been jailed for 22 years.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , Thames and Chiltern News

Kyle Clifford: Crown Prosecution Service authorises charges in Bushey triple murder case

Lisa Ramsarran, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Thames and Chiltern, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Hertfordshire Constabulary to charge Kyle Clifford with three counts of murder following the deaths of Carol, Louise and Hannah Hunt in Bushey on Tuesday 9 July.

| Press Release , Violent crime , CPS, Thames and Chiltern News

UPDATED: Husband jailed for conspiring to kill shopkeeper Carol Morgan

The husband of a shopkeeper who was killed over forty years ago has been jailed for life for conspiring to murder her.

| Press Release , Violent crime , Thames and Chiltern News

Van driver jailed for 18 years for killing two people in M25 collision

The driver of a stolen van who killed two people and seriously injured four others when he drove the wrong way along the M25 has been jailed for 18 years.

| Press Release , Driving offences , Thames and Chiltern News

Man jailed after violent assault on ex-partner in Spain

A man has been jailed for nine years after pleading guilty to seriously assaulting his former partner in Spain. 

The assault occurred in Marbella, Spain, but was prosecuted in the UK with the CPS International team liaising with the Spanish authorities to obtain crucial evidence.

| Press Release , CPS, Thames and Chiltern News

Stevenage man jailed for life for prom night murder

A Stevenage man who stabbed a student to death on his prom night has been jailed for life today.

| Press Release , Violent crime , Thames and Chiltern News

Murderer and cat killer Scarlet Blake jailed for life

Scarlet Blake will spend at least 24 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering 30-year-old Jorge Carreno in Oxford in 2021.

| Press Release , Violent crime , Thames and Chiltern News

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